Countries
Philippines
  
Laos
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Palihug
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Babay
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
French Name
cebuano
  
lao
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Cebuano and Lao Speaking population
Cebuano and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cebuano and Lao on Cebuano vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Lao Language Codes
Cebuano and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.